Andrew Talansky

The Latest from the Tour de France (all times local): ___ 9:10 p.m. Tejay van Garderen says "it almost feels like I just want to disappear right now" after illness forced him to abandon the Tour de France while in third place overall, on Stage 17. The American leader of the BMC team says "it was hard to look my teammates in the eyes (and) it was hard to call my wife and explain to her what was going on." He said a cold he's been fighting for several days got worse, giving him fever and chills on the rest day Tuesday. He felt "ready to race" at the start of Wednesday's stage to the Pra Loup ski station only to discover on the climbs that he had...

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